For fiction, start with the 299 days series. For practical, the Foxfire books are very hard to beat - albeit a little dated.

When any govt, or church,says This you can't read, are forbidden to know, the result is tyranny and oppression. Little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked; no force can control a free man, not the rack, bombs, not anything, you can't conquer a free man, at most you can kill him.

Try SEALs survivalists book. I think, other than water, food and meds very few things can be done to get prepared. You need a bag out walled community. Think of something like the end of the scene of "I am a legend" or "Mad Max" bail out cities. With nukes and biowarfare around,think doom days bunkers, a feat only government-level entities can prepare.

Beiruty,United we stand, dispersed we falter2014: NRA Endowment member

I second One Second After. I read it last week due to reference on this site and it definitely has me thinking of a variety of scenarios. It also gave me a new concept of the paranoid/prepared line of thought. Previous hurricanes in Houston were not widespread enough to knock people into truly difficult times but around the FM 1960 area we did have looting of businesses that certainly would have progressed to area homes if things had gone on longer.

“Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.” - Thucydides